Re: Another security vulnerability

On 3/25/2024 5:27 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:17:55 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:
 

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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The basic problem is that building all this complex, bug-prone
functionality into monolithic, nonupgradeable hardware is not really a
good idea.

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Would you like to inform us of how it can be done otherwise ?

 Upgradeable firmware/software, of course.

But microcode is generally slower than dedicated hardware, and most people seem to be unwilling to give up performance all the time to gain an advantage in a situation that occurs infrequently and mostly never.
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